---
type: "Bill"
title: "appointment; ombudsman-citizens aide"
description: "appointment; ombudsman-citizens aide"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1721"
citation: "Arizona SB 1721 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nancy Barto"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-05-31"
last_action: "2022-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e5f7826-889f-4d39-aa00-7801cc7c49d9"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/77965?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "bd8410ec28b682fb45e0ea3510e342ed7735b61461f971ce110666ae753c804c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-az"]
---

# Arizona SB 1721 (55th-2nd-regular) — appointment; ombudsman-citizens aide

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chaptered Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/laws/0365.pdf)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/sb1721p.pdf)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/sb1721s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nancy Barto — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-05-31** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-06-01** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-06-01** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-01** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-06-01** Transmit to House
- **2022-06-13** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-14** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-06-22** DP `passage`
- **2022-06-22** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-22** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-06-23** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-06** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e5f7826-889f-4d39-aa00-7801cc7c49d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).